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Purpose – The aim of this article is to examine how office designs influence social capital or the value inherent in relationships. More specifically, this article attempts to better understand the level to which the value of social capital accrues, either to the individual or to the group....
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on three organizational support factors that could potentially improve organizational commitment among downsizing survivors. Design/methodology/approach – Using a sample of 2,751 employees, a secondary analysis of employee survey data examined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014787144
Purpose – This study seeks to demonstrate that employees' reactions to their supervisors' influence behaviors are governed by meanings inferred from the behaviors. Another aim is to develop a method in which “weights” for predicting employees' reactions are assigned using mean ratings of...
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Purpose – This study aims to examine the relationship between an implicit and an explicit measure of motivation and measures of job and life satisfaction to provide a better understanding of workplace motivation. Design/methodology/approach – A survey is to be administered to 113 workers...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate relationships among cognitive appraisal of work demands, coping, positive and negative affect, and job satisfaction using structural equation modeling (SEM). Gender differences are also examined. Design/methodology/approach – A total of...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose to test a research model to gain a better understanding of the connection between perceived support, trust, satisfaction, intention to quit and citizenship at the organizational level. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 355...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014787186
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to paper examine goal orientation and organizational commitment in relation to employees' job attitudes and performance in a hospital. Specifically, it investigates the effects of mastery and performance goals on different facets of organizational...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the gendered and emotionalized nature of organizational commitment in a university context. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents a qualitative study that utilizes a grounded theory approach. The research investigates the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014787198
Purpose – Owner operators are an important group of truck drivers, yet have been the subject of very little academic research. Specifically, no research has explored retention issues among owner operators. Thus, this paper aims to employ a segmentation approach to owner operator retention,...
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Driver turnover is one of the most pressing issues facing the trucking industry. Low job satisfaction has been identified as a major reason for turnover among employees. Conventional wisdom in the trucking industry is that low pay and lack of home time are the factors that cause driver...
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